1962 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 79.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Kevin Murray (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Wally Clark (21)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Kevin Murray

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Owen Abrahams

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abrahams, Owen #16 16 R01, R03-R15, R17-R18 12
Aston, Ian #6 15 R01-R11, R13, R15-R17 2
Bahen, John #13 13 R01-R07, R10-R12, R16-R18 9
Barclay, Brian #31 6 R01-R02, R09-R12 2
Beattie, Bob #26 7 R12-R18 0
Beers, Brian #12 4 R15-R18 6
Bond, Colin #40 7 R08-R11, R15-R17 0
Brown, Norm #35 7 R10-R16 4
Campbell, Graham #20 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 18
Carmody, John #21 8 R03-R09, R18 14
Clark, Wally #7 16 R01-R14, R16-R17 21
Clements, Bryan #28 6 R01-R03, R12-R13, R15 2
Clyne, Graeme #33 6 R02-R04, R07-R09 0
Crow, Russell #32 15 R01-R11, R13-R16 13
Duncan, Stewart #18 2 R05, R18 0
Eastaway, Bob #46 2 R16-R17 0
Eastman, Wayne #36 3 R12-R13, R18 0
Elliott, Geoff #37 4 R01-R02, R17-R18 2
Harvey, Ron #19 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 7
Hayes, John #15 16 R01-R10, R12-R17 11
Henderson, Bob #23 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 0
Hughson, Les #8 4 R06-R09 0
Lynch, Allen #11 15 R01-R06, R08-R09, R12-R18 4
MacKenzie, Graeme #29 18 R01-R18 0
McCrae, Ian #52 5 R11-R15 4
Miers, Max #42 7 R07-R08, R10-R12, R17-R18 1
Murray, Kevin #2 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 4
O'Kane, Bill #24 2 R07-R08 0
Pert, Brian #3 15 R03-R07, R09-R18 6
Pigot, Barrie #25 6 R01-R04, R11-R12 0
Powell, Ian #4 6 R02-R03, R05, R10-R11, R14 0
Powell, John #30 16 R01-R10, R12-R16, R18 3
Renouf, Jim #22 1 R11 0
Sleep, Colin #17 5 R14-R18 0
Slocum, Ray #27 13 R01-R02, R06-R10, R12-R16, R18 4
Sykes, David #1 8 R01, R04-R07, R12-R14 6
Vernon, Rod #9 15 R01-R06, R08-R11, R14-R18 14
Wicks, Brian #33 3 R04-R06 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Smith, Len 18 5 -0- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1962 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 37 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
28/04/1962 Round 2 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 68 Len Smith unknown
05/05/1962 Round 3 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 38 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
12/05/1962 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 65 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
19/05/1962 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 21 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
26/05/1962 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN FIT by 23 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
04/06/1962 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 38 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
09/06/1962 Round 8 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 2 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
23/06/1962 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 9 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
30/06/1962 Round 10 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 1 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
07/07/1962 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 10 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
14/07/1962 Round 12 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 53 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
21/07/1962 Round 13 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 19 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
28/07/1962 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 40 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
04/08/1962 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 10 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
11/08/1962 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 25 Len Smith unknown
18/08/1962 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 8 Len Smith Owen Abrahams
25/08/1962 Round 18 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 78 Len Smith Owen Abrahams